Animals / Bird

African penguin

Spheniscus demersus · Spheniscidae

The African penguin, also known as the Cape penguin or the South African penguin, is a species of penguin confined to southern African waters. It is the only penguin found in the Old World. Like all penguins, it is flightless, with a streamlined body and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine habitat.

Where the African penguin lives

Recorded in South Africa and Namibia (Africa).

Most records fall in Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Karas and Erongo.

See the African penguin’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Critically endangered (CR). In very great danger of dying out in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 15,326 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.